http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: lug weld - Recent Topics en Wed, 13 May 2026 05:25:05 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15787#post-205173 Mon, 23 Nov 2015 11:10:02 +0000 kaputnik 205173@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>A suspicious new creak in the bike turned out not to be the saddle rail after all, but a visible rust spot in a nook drew my attention to a crack on the underside of the lug joining the headtube to the downtube.</p> <p>So it will need to be removed and replaced. Does anywhere in town offer such a service, I'd rather not faff around with sending it off somewhere.</p> <p>I suppose it was about time to get the frame resprayed anyway.</p> <p>Which is also why it pays to investigate creaks for a root cause. </p>